title: Epilepsy and athletics.
abstract: This article reviews the debate regarding epileptic patients and their participation in sports, particularly contact (i.e., basketball, soccer, baseball) and collision (i.e., football, rugby, hockey) sports. Epilepsy is defined and described, as well as the dangers and benefits of exercise to the epileptic patient, including participation in athletic competition.
authors.affiliation: Neurosurgery Service, Emerson Hospital, Concord, Massachusetts, USA.
authors.forename: R V
authors.initials: RV
authors.lastname: Cantu
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cantu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001265:Athletic Injuries / Q000209:etiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D015444:Exercise; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D013177:Sports